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michael jackson's estate picked up a win over the irs. a judge ruled the late king of pop's estate and likeness were worth $4 million when he died as opposed to the $161 million claimed by the government. the rule substantially reduces the taxes and penalties owed by the estate. jackson's executors call it a victory for his children. school officials in florida are investigating a school spanking incident. it was report on video by the mother of the child who was being hit. abc's kristine sloan reports. >> reporter: this morning, disturbing video that's hard to watch. >> no! put your hands down! no, no, no. >> no, no. >> don't do it again and sit down! >> reporter: an elementary principal in florida, 60 miles east of ft. myers, hitting a 6-year-old student with a wooden paddle in front of her mother. >> is this going to happen again? >> reporter: the video was

>> no. >> reporter: the video was secretly recorded by the child' >> no. >> reporter: the video was secretly recorded by the chil>>. >> reporter: the video was secretly recorded by the child's mother, who does not speak english, and according to her attorney, is undocumented, making her hesitant to intervene. >> she said to me, when this happened, i absolutely froze in fear. i couldn't believe what i was seeing, what was happening. >> reporter: he says the child was being disciplined by principal melissa carter for scratching a school computer and her mother had been asked to come to school with $50 to pay for the damage. carter's assist also seen in the video, acted as an interpreter. >> it will be okay, mom, she'll be okay. >> okay, thank you. >> reporter: while corporal punishment is legal in 19 states, including florida, it's not allowed in henry county where this took place. 50% of parents reported spanking a child in 1993. that number dropped to 35% by 2017. but experts say the stress of the pandemic is putting more children at risk. >> now calm down.

calm down before you get sick. >> reporter: that principal has been placed on administrative leave, and the state's attorney is reviewing the incident. kenneth, mona? >> all right, kristine, thank you. the world of fine dining is buzzing after a big menu change at one of the world's most acclaimed restaurants. 11 madison park here in new york is going vegan. the chef and owner says it's about better health and sustainability. the new menu will be in place when the restaurant reopens next month. coming up, the surprise two divers found in a river in florida. and later on "good news tues," what's cuter than a baby learning how to say "mama." but wait until you hear how this little guy says it. you're watching "world news nw." do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand

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♪ oh, there must have been something in the water ♪ there must have been. because for a couple of scuba divers in florida, there was definitely something in the water. >> it wasn't a gator or a croc or shark or even a land shark. will ganss is here with the big reveal. >> land shark! yeah, you know what, it is very likely they could have stumbled across an alligator in a river they were diving in. one of the men was bitten on the foot by an alligator there. but he says it's worth the risk to find the perfect fossil. >> finding a bone you can barely lift out of the water. i can't think of any better word to describe it except epic. >> reporter: the closest most of us will ever come to a wooly mammoth is the cartoon kind on the big screen. >> you have beautiful eyes. >> get off my face! >> i always talk about the movie "ice age."

because a lot of people have seen that. they love the squirrel and mammoth. they were around. they lived here. >> paleontologists henry sadler and derrick demeter finding a once in a millennium mammoth bone while diving in florida's peace river. >> maybe eight feet at the deepest in this little area. not crazy deep, but pitch-black, trees everywhere. you're bumping into logs. >> i can't see henry right next to me. >> reporter: the guys choosing this spot because they'd had luck fossil hunting before. >> this is one of the pieces i'd found recently up there. >> so they knew what they were up against. >> normally we wouldn't do the peace river this time of year because that's when the gators and they start to get a little - bit more aggressive. >> reporter: are you kidding? >> yeah. >> reporter: despite those odds, henry striking fossil-hunting gold in the water. >> i'd climbed over a fallen palm tree. the next thing i put my hand on was the mammoth bone, and i knew instantly. >> reporter: the guys spending the next half hour digging out

the rest. >> iind of have to walk on the bottom carrying this 60-pound bone to the shore. >> we got ourselves a mammoth leg bone. >> reporter: the mammoth leg bone somewhere between 10002.6 million years old. >> we always get really excited about these discoveries because it really opens up a window of time. it really makes me wonder what it was like to be back in this time period, when we had these mega, big animals roaming around. >> so what do you do with a 60-pound, four-foot-plus ancient mammoth leg? well, henry is a middle school science teacher and he brought it to class. talk about an epic show and tell, you guys. >> that's cool. >> wow. most science, not most science, just kidding. my science teacher would just wheel in bill nye. definitely a different show and tell. >> so i had a story, i was a kid in elementary school, and i brought in what i thought was a fossil for show and tell and the teacher was like, that's not a fossil.

that is a dead animal. >> yikes. well, this thing was the real deal. >> that was real. >> it was like, don't talk to me, talk to a therapist about that one. >> good news tues next. >> we need it.

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♪ it's time for "good news tues," and it is national teacher appreciation day. thank a teacher. we appreciate you, all you educators, and we're celebrating by showing you this one here on "good news tues." this teacher who has a greeting, special handshake, socially distanced of course. >> for every single student. this is mary schultz. and she said after all that online learning, now that they're back, she challenged her kids to come up with creative and unique socially distanced ways to greet her in class every day. so she remembered all of them. and there she is.

>> i love it. a 30-year veteran. shout out to rockwell, iowa, there, that school. i love to see it. happy national teacher appreciation day. so we're going to go to ireland for this story. because this baby -- like every baby says either "mom" or "da-da." >> or food. >> this baby learned how to say "mama" first but in a very unique tone. >> let's hear him. >> can you say mama? >> mama, mama, mama. >> you need to exorcise the demon. >> release this baby! >> what? >> what is in there? >> mama! i'm like, i'm putting you out. what? >> is this cute? >> okay, no. maybe he needs to go back to da-da. how old is that baby? >> it reminds me of the dinosaurs.

remember the baby? >> oh, yeah. not the mama. >> not the mama. >> he didn't go not the mama! he's like, bottle! >> release the baby! oh, my god. okay. that's "good news tues." we have another kid to show you. this toddler got stuck in a barrel. but the good news is, they got him out. he is so cute. this happened in tennessee. that's dorian there, 2-year-old. got stuck in an antique barrel while visiting the grandparents. like i leave you with the grandparents for a little bit, and this is what happened? >> he wanted to know what was being aged in it. >> they put the barrel in the car and took him to the hospital. >> oh, parents. >> they got him out, though, that's okay. >> that was your mom picking you up with the dead animal at show and tell. >> okay, let's take a look from baby humans to baby chimps playing at the zoo. take a look. three baby chimpanzees played

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